Painting-machine



(No Model.)

A. K. NESBITT.

PAINTING MACHINE.

No. 327,815. Patented 001;. 6, 1885.

WIT/VESSEL? lNl/E/VTUR 6 By His Attorney 1 accompanying drawings, to which reference is litre STATES AMOS KEENY NESBITT,

TATE'NT OFFICE.

OF ALTON, ILLINOIS.

PAINTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,815, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed August 21,1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Aims KEENY N ESBITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alton, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Painting-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is a machine for applying paint, varnish, or other liquid to fencepalings, strips, wire, &c., and accomplishes in a given time about five times as much work as by ordinary methods.

The nature of my invention is shown in the made by letters, similar letters denoting corresponding parts in the different views.

Figure 1 is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of the invention.

The letter A indicates the body of the machine, having legs a a. This body is a watertight receptacle about six or eight inches deep, and is furnished with a faucet, B.

O is a narrow table across one end of the top of the body A, and inclining downward at one edge toward the body A. A gutter or recess, 0, is formed in the middle part across the table 0.

D is a frame erected over the table 0, its two vertical posts D D having grooves d d on their inner sides.

E E are brushes, whose ends move vertically in the grooves d d. Expanding-springs e e are placed between the brushes, and a compressing-spring, F, attached to the top of the frame D, actuates the upper brush, E.

Serial No. 174,954. (No model.)

The lower brush, E, is held at the desired place by pinsff, passing through holes in the posts D D and into the ends of the brush E.

The machine is operated as follows for painting: Put in the receptacleA a supply of paint of the ordinary consistency and of sufficient depth to cover the pieces to be painted when they are laid in it. Immerse one or more strips in the paint; then with the hands, or with tongs adapted to the purpose, push one end of the strip between the brushes E E, which will separate to admit it; then seize the strip at the other side of the brushes and draw it through. The brushes wipe from the strip the superfluous paint, which drops into the gutter c and runs back into the receptacle A. The strip, being drawn out, is set aside to dry. The residue of paint in the body after work is drawn off through the faucet B.

In asimilar manner varnish and otherliquids are used in this machine.

I am aware that a painting-machine is in use having a table and paint-receptacle,and a hinged brush having its free end adapted to engage under notches in a vertical post, by which means it is held in the desired position, and I do not claim such as my invention; but

What I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A painting or varnishing machine consist ing of a body receptacle, A, having legs a a and faucet B, a table, 0, having the gutter c, a frame, D, with vertical posts D D, having the grooves 02 d, brushes E E, pinsff, and springs e e and I arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS KEENY NESBITT. WVitnesses:

JOHN Dow, DENNIS NOQNAN. 

